Using AI to Search for the Truth
A New Post on Twitter/X
I just ran a little test on the accuracy and veracity of one of the front page stories of the New York Times. It came about because I read something that was totally at odds with my memory; sorta like I was reading that JFK killed Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas in 1963. I asked AI — Grok and ChatGPT — to test which version was true, mine or the New York Times. I posted the results on X/Twitter, and the link to that post is below.
https://x.com/ArosenDoc/status/1911064864006488524
I am interested in the interface between getting older, the human brain and the computer. I am looking for ‘workarounds’ to normal problems with memory which shows up, give or take, in most people, around the time when the government says you can legally collect social security. Given all that, naturally, I’m going to be interested in AI.
AI is already here, in some form or another, and at the same time it’s looming on the horizon. We’re not sure whether it’s going to hurt us or help us. If you’re not interested in A.I., I think you should be. Its impact will be enormous and far-reaching. There is nothing comparable in human history. The digital revolution, our planet’s new nervous system, comprising the Internet; cloud computing; facial recognition software and Artificial Intelligence (AI) will change our lives.
However, for most of you, following the link may not be your cup of tea. So I have provided a takeaway.
(1) I am confident that AI (Grok and ChatGPT) will not lie. Not lying may not be the same as telling the truth, but it is something. Nonetheless, I can ask: what’s the difference between AI and AJ (or Al Jazeera)? I follow Al Jazeera. I can’t remember an instance when Al Jazeera up and told an outrageous lie. Rather, Al Jazeera always bends the truth, often by intentionally leaving out one side of the argument, or unfairly and deliberately minimizing this and highlighting that.
(2) I believe, (and hope), that AI will always tell the truth, and will never bend the truth. It will not hide or otherwise keep out aspects of the truth. However, even if it tries to otherwise avoid spinning the truth, it will still tend to shade it.
(3) The bottom line is that truth, vis-a-vis AI, will always be yours to decide, but my test shows, I believe, that it’s going to be a good tool and augers well for our future.
P.S. Final score (using the lower value as preferable) is, my memory 20, NYT 160. I win.